Cattle-guard for railways.



No. 821,439. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. N. SMITH.

CATTLE GUARD FOR RAILWAYS.

APPLICATION FILED $313.14. 1906.

UNITED STATlEg PATENT OFFTGE. NATHAN SMITH, or ELEIQBN, MONTANA.oaT'rLE-euAaD FOR RAILWAYS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 22. 1906.

]0 all whom it rim/y concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN SMITH, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Garrison,

to prevent the passage of cattle and, further-- more, to provide aneffective surface guard, which will permit of repairs to the samewithout disturbing more than the tie which itis desired to replace orrepair or one section of the guard.

The invention further aims to provide a oattle guard designed for use inconnection with road-beds andwhr'chshall be simple in its construction,strong, durable, efficient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive toset up.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe novel CO1 bination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morespecifically described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention; but it isto, be understood that changes, variations, and modifications can beresorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a top plan view of acattle-guard constructed in accordance with this invention and arrangedin operative relation with respect to a railway-track bed, and Fig. 2 isa longitudinal sectional view of the cattle-guard.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 2 denote thetrack-rails, which are secured upon the ties 3 in a known manner, andinterposed between the track-rafls 1 2 is the intermediate section ofthe cattle guard, and the said intermediate section comportion 4. Thevertically-extending portion 4 of each of the guard-plates of theintermedi ate sectionis secured by the holdfast devices 6 to one side ofthe te in such a manner that the elongated flat port, on 5 w. ll extendabove and over the tie and toward the verti-. cally-extend-ng portion 4of the adjacent guard-plate Owing to the-manner of constructing andsetting up the guard-plates of the intermedj ate section, the elongatedportion 5 of each guard-plate becomes a spr'ng member, so that when thecattle tread on the portions 5 they w, ll descend; but owing to thelength of sa? d portions 5 the feet of the cattle will be prevented frombe'ng wedged between the elongated portion 5 of one guardplate and thevertically-extending portion 4 of the adjacent guard-plate.

Secured to the ties 3 at each outer side of the track-rails 1 2 and intransverse alinement with the guard-plates of the intermediate sectionis a series of outer guard-plates 7, which are secured to the ties bythe hold fast devices 8. and which are substantially of the sameconstruction as the guard-plates of the intermediate section. Thereforeit is thought unnecessary to specifically describe the guard-plates ofthe two outer series of guard-plates.

At both ends of each series of guard-plates protecting members 9, 10,and 11 are provided and which are adapted to prevent anything from thecars injuring the guard-plates. These members are secured by theholdfast devices 12 to the supports or ties 13. The protecting members9, 10, and 11 are arranged in close proximity to the verticallyextendingportion of the guard-plates, and the said members 9, 10, and 11 arebeveled. The members 9, 10, and 11 are adapted to prevent anythingdragging from the cars injuring the guard-plates.

Interposed between the ties 3 of the trackbed, to which the guard-platesare attached, are the filling members 19, which are secured in positionin any suitable manner and are adapted to keep the ties 3 from shifting,thereby preventing any disarrangement of the guard-plates when thecattle-guard is set up in operative position.

It will furthermore be evident that a device constructed in a manner ashereinbefore described sets up a smooth surface guard and willnot clogwith snow under ordinary circumstances but in case of any foreign matter, such as snow, getting under the plates or ICC the longitudinalsection they are easily raised and the foreign matter removed.Furthermore, the plates can be readily kept in working order, and whenthe plates are in operative position they will prevent the animal fromcrossing the track-bed.

Having thus fully described. my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cattle-guard comprising an intermediate section consisting of twoseries of guardplates, andtwo outer series of guard-plates, theguard-plates of each series consisting of a vertically-extending portionand a right-angularly-extending portion.

2. A cattle-guard embodying an intermediate series of guard-plates andtwo outer series of guard-plates, each plate of each series of platesconsisting of a vertically-extending portion and aright-angularly-extending portion arranged over and extending from thetie to which said plate is secured, and means for securing thevertically extending portions of the guard-plates to railway-ties.

3. A cattle-guard comprising an intermediate section consisting of twoseries of guardplates, and two outer series of guard-plates, theguard-plates of each series consisting of a vertically-extending portionand a right-angularly-extending portion, combined with beveledprotecting members arranged at each end of each series of plates.

4. A cattle-guard embodying an intermediate series of guard-plates andtwo outer series of guard-plates, each plate in each series of platesconsisting of a vertically-extending portion and aright-angularly-extendingportion arranged over and extending from thetie to which said plate is secured, means for securing thevertically-extending portions on the guard-plates to railway-ties, andmeans interposed between the ties to which the guard plates are securedfor preventing spreading of the ties.

5. A cattle-guard embodying an intermediate series of guard-plates andtwo outer series of guard-plates, each plate of each series of platesconsisting of a vertically-extending portion and aright-angularly-extending portion arranged over and extending from thetie to which said plate is secured, and means for securing thevertically-extending portions of the guard to railway-ties, combinedwith beveled protecting members arranged at each end of each series ofplates, and means interposed between the ties to which the guardplatesare secured for preventing the spreading of the ties.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

NATHAN SMITH,

Witnesses J. H. AKrNs, E. K. HoLTz.

